WIRE stuttered rather than steam-rolled their way to a brief appearance at Super League's summit, but showed in spells they have enough to stay there.

Kurt Gidley was the instigator in most of Warrington's attacking promise, highlighted by a failure to score a point once the half-back left the field with a concussion that will keep him out of the trip to Salford.

His half-back partner Chris Sandow continued to impress, creating for himself the game’s stand-out score and supporting Gidley to cross for a second.

Ben Currie justified recent praise with a two-try performance, the first inside two minutes, and fellow second-rower Jack Hughes put in a big shift in defence – his 33 tackles only topped by the ever-reliable Wolves skipper Chris Hill on 36.

But it was Gidley who really called the shots for Tony Smith’s team when it mattered.

He took a Sandow pass at full pelt to power over from close range in the first half, before repaying the favour in the second with a neat dummy and forward run that drew in the Wakefield defence.

The former Newcastle Knights captain laid on a second for in-form Currie – whose first had come from an 80-metre interception – with a perfectly-weighted grubber kick for the 21-year-old to touch down.

But it was Sandow who produced the evening’s highlight, deftly dinking a kick over the Wakefield line and collecting the bounce before opening up and diving over to the home faithful’s delight in the first half.

Despite those moments of magic, Warrington struggled to break the spirit of Brian Smith’s Wakefield although always having the visitors at arm’s length.

Ryan Atkins, making his first start this season, put Kevin Penny in early on, but Wakefield fought back three times with tries from Craig Hall, Anthony Tapou and Jon Molloy.

Losing Gidley on the hour mark to concussion, in a fairly innocuous clash of heads, disrupted the hosts’ attack and gave head of coaching and rugby Smith cause for concern.

Smith admitted there was room for improvement, and inevitably so for a new-look side only three games into the current campaign.

However the boss also conceded the win, and two points, was what was important on Friday night, leaving Warrington as one of only two teams with a 100 percent start and second in the table on points difference behind Widnes.